General Foods Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 26, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 551 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT DIVISION OF GENERAL FOODS
CORPORATION and LOCAL 12272, DISTRICT 50, GAS, COKE AND CHEM-
ICAL DIVISION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED
WITH THE C. I. O.
Case No. R-3216
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 26, 194
On December 11, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board
issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled
proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by
secret ballot was conducted on January 7, 1942, under the direction
and supervision of the Acting Regional Director for the Seventh
Region (Detroit, Michigan). On January 8, 1942, the Acting
Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as
amended, issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly
served upon the parties. No objections to the conduct of the ballot
or to the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Acting Regional Director
reported as follows:
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 284
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 274
Total ballots challenged ------------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots ---------------------------------------- 4)
Total void ballots ------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes cast------------------------------------- 274
Votes cast for Salt Workers Union, Local 19567, A . F. L-------- 4
Votes cast for Local 12272, District 50, U M . W. A, C I 0------ 162
Neither ------ ---------------------------------------------- 108
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and
9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series
2, as amended,
'37N L R B 481
38 N L. R B., No 117.
551
552 D'E'CISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Local 12272, District 50, Gas, Coke and
Chemical Division, United Mine Workers of America, affiliated with
the C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of all
hourly-paid regular employees, including watchmen, of the Diamond
Crystal Salt Division of General Foods Corporation, St. Clair,
Michigan, excluding supervisory, office, and clerical employees, as
their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National
Labor Relations Act, Local 12272, District 50, Gas, Coke and Chem-
ical Division, United Mine Workers of America, affiliated with the
C. I. 0., is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the
purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages,
hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.